Envelope Punch Board Gift Box Video Tutorial

It's no secret that I love the Envelope Punch Tool.  It can do SO many different things (besides the obvious.)  Just do a Google search for the tool & you'll find tutorials on all types of boxes, bags, envelopes, and more.

I'm not sure who came up with the original idea to create boxes using the tool, but I think it's brilliant!

Here's my version along with a video tutorial on how to make a simple gift box, perfect for Mother's Day or any occasion!

 If you'd like to learn how to make cabbage roses from ribbon or fabric, you can watch another video tutorial found here.

The aqua ribbon I used for this particular rose was PERFECT & I wish I had an entire roll of it.  It's 4" wide (which can be hard to find) and is part of the Studio Calico Morgan card kit.

The gift tag was made with these digital stamps by Suzy Plantamura.

Thanks so much for watching!

Lawn Fawn & May Arts Holiday Box

I am so excited about the holiday season this year!  Not that I'm not usually excited... but this year just  feels extra special.

I love packaging up little treats in festive crafty containers!  And... now that I have my Silhouette, it makes creating gift packaging SO easy!

I started by die cutting a "pizza box" from kraft cardstock.  I covered the top of my box with paper from October Afternoon's new Holiday Style pad & noticed that the snowflakes looked almost exactly like those in the Frosties stamp set by Lawn Fawn!

I placed multiple snowflake images onto a large acrylic block and quickly & easily stamped a snowy background over the remaining sections of the box.

May Arts sent us some of the most beautiful ribbons & trims!  I tied some red and cream striped cotton ribbon around the lid of my box and tied it into a bow.  I added a strip of silver metallic trim below & I really loved the Christmas-y combination!

I adhered a chipboard gingerbread man from Crate Paper's Peppermint collection to the front of my box.  He looks almost good enough to eat!  :)

To finish up my packaging, I die cut a tag using my Silhouette & stamped it with words created with Lawn Fawn's Sally's ABC set.  I added a few extra snowflakes just to dress it up a bit.

For even more festive ideas, make sure to check out the Lawn Fawn blog this week!

Project Supplies: (click on pictures for links)

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Hip Hop! Cabbage Rose Canister

Happy Thursday!  I love using stamps to make cards, but sometimes it's fun to try something new.  I found these wooden cylinder boxes at Hobby Lobby and thought they would look fun all paper crafted up!  I sprayed the box lid with mist and then decoupaged a doily to the top. 

I love this cabbage rose image from Unity's A Thing of Beauty set!

You can find out more about this project in the newest special issue by Paper Crafts Magazine!  :)  I think it's my new all-time favorite!  It's jammed packed FULL of amazing projects and great ideas for using your stamps and paper crafting supplies in new, unexpected ways.

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New Spellbinder's Holiday Dies!

Morning!  :)  As part of the Splitcoast Product Review Team, I got to try out some new CUTE dies from Spellbinders Holiday collection!  You can read the full review HERE... and here are a couple of projects I made using the new Nested Mittens dies:

Aren't these wintery mittens so sweet?  :)  They pair so perfectly with the White Christmas paper by We R Memory Keepers too.

I layered the mittens onto brown felt and slipped a small piece of white paper through the die-cut slits on the top. The white doily is by Martha Stewart Crafts.

I've had these Blackboard boxes from Cosmo Cricket forever & they came in so handy when I needed to pretty up a batch of homemade cookies!

The paper I used is from TPC Studio's So Delish collection. I was SO excited because these dies coordinate perfectly with the oven mitt patterned paper!

The center of the box was stamped with an image from Papertrey Ink & topped with a felt brad from the same TPC collection.

Hope you're off to a great start to your day!  I'm preparing myself to get this pit I mean house cleaned up!  :)  Fun, fun!

Hip Hop! A Quick Halloween Treat Container

Happy Hip Hop Thursday!  These weeks are just flying by WAY too fast!  You're in for a TREAT for this week's hop!  ;)  All of the DT girlies are creating Halloween projects to share on their blogs today.  AND... you have to check out the new Unity website!  I've been peeking around a little and it's awesome!

Here's a SUPER quick project that you can make for Halloween that is all treats and no tricks.

I love these clear favor boxes!  They make it SO easy to whip up a little last minute gift.  This project literally took me 7 minutes to create... from concept to finished project.  The longest part was letting the ribbon dry.  (I sprayed it with dark gray mist & then used my heat gun to speed up the drying process.)  The sentiment is from September's Kit of the Month. 

From here, hop on over to see what spooktacular project Jen Erickson has for you!

Crafty Chicks Class - May Projects

Hey there! :) I'm finally getting around to posting pictures from my last Crafty Chicks class.  (The boys are spending the night with the grandparents.  Yippee!)  ;)

This month, we made a set of cards using a lot of Cosmo Cricket paper and Papertrey Ink stamps.  And... I just got my first stamp set from Waltzingmouse Stamps & LOVE how they work with the Nestabilities dies!  If you haven't ordered from them before, I highly recommend them.  They shipped super quick... and had to travel over an ocean to get here!  (Actually, they made it faster than the stamps I had ordered the same day from the U.S.!)

Anyway... back to the project.  :)  Here is the card set all boxed up.  We used lots of home-made crinkly wrinkly ribbon and added some colorful buttons to most of the cards and the case.

If you follow my blog, the card above probably looks familiar.  I used the same basic layout as I did for my Embellish Magazine blog hop a few posts back.  I really love the bright, fabric butterfly cut-out and wanted to try it again.  If you like to use fabric on cards, make sure to check out the Moxie Fab World 'Fun With Fabric' challenge for more inspiration!

Here's another bright and cheery card that we made.  To make the flower embellishment, just punch out several 1" circles.  Pinch one end of each circle and adhere it to a base... and continue until you have a completed flower.  The button on top hides any imperfections.  ;)

This card was cased from a card by Dawn McVey.  I love her style and just had to try one out myself!

For our final card, we created a sympathy card with shabby chic details.  It's always good to have something like this on hand so that you don't have to try to be creative when your emotions aren't in check.

We made some coordinating envies using Papertrey Ink's new envelope die cut.  I think this is SUCH a great invention.  Sure... you can cut them by hand, but this is so much simpler -- especially when you need to make a lot at one time.  :)

I hope you've enjoyed taking a peek at our class projects.  If you're local, I'd love to have you join us sometime!!!  Have a good one!  :)

I Love You, Sis!!!

I wanted to make a little gift box for my sister using this bonus sketch by Berdien for 2 Sketches 4 You:

I've been hoarding this Perfect Package box from Taylored Expressions. If you haven't seen these... you really should check them out! They are so 'boutique' fabulous and have a magnetic closure built in.

I used a couple of stamps from Unity's April Kit of the Month (KOM) and some new paper from Lily Bee (French Couture line) to pretty it up.

And... here is the inside of my gift box. For the life of me, I can't get it to go straight... so sorry for making you have to turn your head sideways! :)

Hope you have a great weekend! :)

Quick Christmas Gifts and BLOG CANDY!!!

I mentioned having some Blog Candy on my last post.... so here you go!!! :)

Card Creations - Quick & Easy II

Card Creations #6

Paper Crafts Jan/Feb

I wanted to thank all of my readers for coming to visit over the past year! I can't believe I've had over 100K visits so far! So... as a 'thank you!', I'm offering up a few magazines for one lucky reader! :) I have cards in each of these magazines & am super excited to share them with you! Read through this post to find out how YOU can win! :)

Do you remember me telling you about these downloadable calendars from A Muse? They are a great, inexpensive way to make those last-minute gifts... and the proceeds go to a wonderful cause! I just used cardboard coasters (covered with patterned paper) along with my Bind-it-All for mine... but I'm sure you can come up with other ways to present them if you don't own a binding machine.

I used Kim Hughes' Number Fun set to stamp the year on the front of my calendar & added a few rub-ons to give it a pop of color.

I found a huge assortment of boxed holiday cocoa at Wal-Mart and wanted to package it in a fun way. I basically wrapped it in cardstock to create a slider box.

And... here is what it looks like open:

To make a super quick, coordinating gift bag, I simply covered a Kraft bag with paper! I couldn't get a great shot of this, but the white area is super shimmery in real life. I added a chipboard snowflake (covered in shimmery ink) as my gift tag.

Here's another quick bag I made. This is a great way to use up that holiday paper that you HAD to have... and then never got around to using. (not that I know anything about that....) ;)

Below is another bag I made, using a downloadable tag from the Black Apple. These tags are SO cute... and the best part? --- they're FREE!!! You really need to go check them out. All of the designs are super fun!

This is the bag I made for some of my friends and my boys' teachers. It has hot cocoa, holiday chocolates, and a matching mug inside. This tag was just what I needed!

So... do you want to win some blog candy? Just leave me a comment on this post. If you already have one of these publications, just let me know. I might have another one that you'd like to add to your craft library. :) I'll pick a random winner on December 26th. Be sure to come back and visit to see if you won!!!